CGNT Dividend Type Payments
Although CGNT has no upcoming (meaning, Board-approved and announced) dividends, you can sell covered calls on Cognyte Software Ltd. - Ordinary Shares to create 12 extra dividend type payments per year to boost its yield. Let's look at some recent prices (last updated Fri 4:16 PM ET):
| Cognyte Software Ltd. - Ordinary Shares (CGNT) |
|---|
| Bid |
Ask |
Last |
Change |
Volume |
P/E |
Market Cap |
| 6.89 |
6.96 |
6.93 |
-0.08 |
176K |
- |
0.5B |
CGNT Dividend-Like Income Using Covered Calls
With CGNT at 6.93, here's a table showing how big the annual "dividend" (i.e. total annual call premium received) would need to be to attain 3%, 5%, and 10% annual yields. Also shown is the equivalent number of cents/day necessary to achieve each yield:
| Annual Yield |
Annual Premium |
Cents/Day |
| 3% |
0.21 |
0.1 |
| 5% |
0.35 |
0.1 |
| 10% |
0.69 |
0.2 |
So now we need to find out of the money covered calls that pay at least the prescribed cents/day amount of time premium. That will generate income and, because they are out of the money, leave room for some upside potential on the stock. Here are some examples:
| 3% Yield On CGNT Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 20 |
7.50 |
0.30 |
43 |
0.7 |
0.54 (7.8%) |
| Jan 17 |
10.00 |
0.05 |
71 |
0.1 |
3.04 (43.9%) |
| 5% Yield On CGNT Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 20 |
7.50 |
0.30 |
43 |
0.7 |
0.54 (7.8%) |
| Jan 17 |
7.50 |
0.45 |
71 |
0.6 |
0.54 (7.8%) |
| 10% Yield On CGNT Using Covered Calls |
|---|
| Expiration |
Strike |
Call Bid |
Days |
Cents/Day |
Upside Potential |
| Dec 20 |
7.50 |
0.30 |
43 |
0.7 |
0.54 (7.8%) |
| Jan 17 |
7.50 |
0.45 |
71 |
0.6 |
0.54 (7.8%) |
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